Out-of-Bounds Affecting freeradius-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.2.6-4.15.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.91% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-FREERADIUSDEBUGINFO-1689076
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed2 Nov 2014

Introduced: 2 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-2015  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 freeradius-debuginfo to version 0:2.2.6-4.15.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-581.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeradius-debuginfo package and not the freeradius-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the normify function in the rlm_pap module (modules/rlm_pap/rlm_pap.c) in FreeRADIUS 2.x, possibly 2.2.3 and earlier, and 3.x, possibly 3.0.1 and earlier, might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long password hash, as demonstrated by an SSHA hash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1